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In 2008: Made the team as a walk-on in the fall and was one of the most improved players in the program by season's end ... Was in the regular short-stick defensive midfield rotation during the last six games of the season ... Played in eight games total, recording 11 ground balls ... Picked up three ground balls against Army in the Patriot League Tournament and three against Colgate in the regular-season finale ... Personal: Parents are Pat and Sue Clarke ... Has three older siblings, Traci, Danny and Kelly ... Father played lacrosse and football at Nichols College ... Brother Danny played lacrosse and football at Bentley ... Born Aug. 19, 1989 in Greenwich, Conn. ... Lettered four times in wrestling and twice each in football and lacrosse at Greenwich High School ... All-state and All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Confernece in lacrosse, where he captained the team to a state runner-up finish ... Two-time All-FCIAC champion in wrestling ... Also elected wrestling team captain ... Football team captured state and conference championships ... Frank Fedorjaka on Clarke: "Jake Clarke is really a great story. He was a walk-on who is already among our top three short-stick defensive middies. He is a great athlete, very fast and very quick, with excellent stick skills." | |||||||||||||||||||||